Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-04
At a wedding dinner of ye olden time,
For dinners, guess, were In their prime
About fifty wears ago.

At wedding dinner Oh ye oioen ule,
For dinners, guess, were In their prime
About fifty years ago.
There was pound cake and sponge cake jelly
And ali other cakes that wedding would suit
For that was the centre and gem, and it seems
That all the young girls believed in its dreams
Some fifty years ago.
There were all sorts of knick -knacks and lots o.
good fun,
In fact about three dinners rolled into one,
And through the whole bill you must go
But they gave you leave TO unbotton your ves''
Fifty years ago.
You ask was there? Well, hardly can say,
For was but two months old that day,
And not very much OF a beau;
But can guess how it would be, no doubt,
Up in the Smithfeld hills about
Fifty years ago.
Yes, fifty years the knots been tied,
And still with us, is the dear old bride
We love and honor so,
And the gray haired groom, with wrinkled face
How glad we are he keeps has place
OF fifty years ago.
1t warns ones heart to hear him tell
OF the old, old days they loved so well,
You shake your sides at what was done,
And think there surely lpds more fun
Fifty years ago. ~
Through Joys and sorrows, and smiles and tears,
But hand in hand still co.
Your heads were brown, now they are gray,
But honors on them thicker lay
Than fifty years ago,
For as the checkered years have passed,
Your bonds not only held you fast,
But been allowed TO grow;
As each TO each has Difference paid,
And bound with love the promise made
Just fifty years ago.
So the earth swings round and the years go by
And we celebrate your golden tie,
But we will never know
The half you see on memOry's track,
As thousand thoughts come trooping back
Of fifty years ago.
OF Joys and sorrows and pleasure and pain,
As your minds wander back through the years
Your hearts will overflow
With a mixed desire for smiles and tears,
As the echo of voices come back TO your ears
From fifty years ago.
Some Of those voices in gladness now ring,
With song in the beautiful home Of our King,
And their echo shall reach us below, -,
10 lure our tnOuBnlS W tltS tual SAoii
last,
Not backward again TO all the dead past
OF fifty years ago.
Yet some are still left on this side the stream
Who rememberyOu wedding almost like a dream
And with YOU in memory go,
To gather together the links once again,
As they helped you before in welding the chain
Just fifty years ago.
May we gather round you now, a hos
To drink To you friendship toast?
While our glasses overflow
With clear cold water, nOught beside,
Wen drink this toast, THE Groom and Bride"
Of fifty years ago.
May your days be filled with rest and peace,
MAY YOU have OF life long, long lease,
And may this, too, be 80,
That the coming years for you in store
Be fraught with joys as pure, and more,
Than fifty years ago.
When our time on earth has rolled away
May our years be changed to an endless day,
May the deep still stream, as were ferried Ger
BE bright with beams from the golden shore.
"When the Bridegroom comes may we there al
meet
On the golden strand in the golden street"
Our golden tie to celebrate;
Beyond the portal OF the great pearl gate
Wen meet again those gone before
That tie shall last forever more.